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We take the following from an English paper: " J. J. Foster, after eight years' trial, has found the rose 'Descartes' the best for stocks. Price, 12s. per 100. Manetti stocks given away." Here is a starting-point for a horticultural "gift enterprise," certainly.

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The yam alluded to is the Dioscorea Batatas - see Dr. Hollick's communication in the present number.

Abbe De Beaumont

Medium size; skin greenish yellow, marbled with russet; flesh melting, juicy, and very good; August and September.

Abies Cedrus; Syn, Cedrus Libani

The Cedar of Lebanon is so well known that it appears a work of superogation to either describe or recommend it; still it is not so generally cultivated as it should be. When young it grows slowly, and at all ages transplants badly; when transplanted it never takes freely to grow for two or three years. These causes have operated much against its more general cultivation, particularly with persons that are anxious for a rapid growth. After it fairly takes to growing, I will answer for it, that it is as thrifty, vigorous, and rapid in growth as most ornamental trees. What noble specimens of this tree are to be seen in many parts of Britain 1 Generally flat-headed, and throwing out their long horizontal sombre branches with an air of solemnity and grandeur. Native of Mount Lebanon and eastward.

Abies Douglasii, Douglas' Spruce

This noble tree is scattered over a considerable portion of our western coast; whilst it is found low down, mixed, in forests, among Taxodium sempervirens, it is also found at considerable altitudes. Its range of latitude on the Rocky Mountains is also considerable. It is described by all travellers as one of the most beautiful trees in nature, feathered with branches from base to summit; its branches are gracefully pendent, which impart to it a light and elegant appearance. Though not cultivated many years, many fine specimens are to be found in various parts of Britain, it having proved a very rapid grower. In this latitude, it has proved hardy, having passed uninjured through the past severe winter without the slightest protection. This beautiful tree deserves the attention of planters, for not only is it hardy, but a rapid grower, and one of the most gracefnl and beautiful of the Abies or Spruces.

Abies Griffithiana. Larix Griffithiana

The Sikkim Larch - A tree of recent introduction. Dr. Hooker says of it: "The Larch, which I propose should bear Griffith's name, occurs in Sikkim and in the valleys of Eastern Nepal, close up to the snow. In the latter country, the Kambacheu Valley, immediately under the Junmu Peak of 25,000 is full of it at 11,000 and 12,000 feet, mixed with Abies Webbiana. It rarely exceeds 30 to 40 feet in height, except on shingle banks of Alpine streams, where it sometimes attains 60 feet. It is an inelegant, sparely-branched tree, and, except for its bright green foliage and resinous cones, unworthy of comparison with the European species." Of the hardiness of this tree there cannot be a doubt, but it is questionable if it be worthy of planting, save among collections or for variety.